Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

न सम्यगभिजानासि तस्य देवस्य चेष्टितम् । श्रृणु ब्राह्मण त्वं पापाद्यथास्मात्परिमुच्यसे

Transliteration

na samyagabhijānāsi tasya devasya ceṣṭitam | śrṛṇu brāhmaṇa tvaṃ pāpādyathāsmātparimucyase

Translation

إنك لا تعرف على وجه الصواب أفعال ذلك الإله وطرائقَه. فاسمعْ يا أيها البراهمن، لكي تتحرر من هذا الإثم.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• सम्यक्: properly, correctly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• अभिजानासि: you know, you understand
• अभिजानासि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु) with अभि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of that (one)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• चेष्टितम्: conduct, deed
• चेष्टितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ceṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √ceṣṭ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; भाव/कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थक (deed/act)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ब्राह्मण: O brahmin
• ब्राह्मण: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषार्थक-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Ablative/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• यथा: so that, as
• यथा: Sambandha (Clause linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय; यथा-तथा सम्बन्धे (so that/as)

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apadana (Ablative/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• परिमुच्यसे: you are released, you become free
• परिमुच्यसे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु) with परि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/मध्यस्थ-भाव (you are freed)

Speaker

Pārvatī (Devī)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa (bhāṣiṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher invites the brāhmaṇa to sit and listen; the atmosphere shifts from accusation to instruction, with a subtle aura of purification around the listener.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva
• Brāhmaṇa (brahmacārin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right understanding of the Lord’s divine conduct dispels wrongdoing and restores dharmic speech and thought.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An instructional act is given—śṛṇu (listen)—as a means to remove pāpa; no external ritual is stated.